Afternoon recess

📄 Afternoon recess — Friday, March 3, 1995

Address:

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TRIAL

▲ Day 30 of 167

◀ Redirect examination of Rosa Lopez Redirect examination of Rosa Lopez (part 1) ▶

Date: Friday, March 3, 1995 • Utterances: 12

Defense counsel received new discovery materials mid-session and requested time to review them. Judge Ito granted a recess until 3:00 PM to allow Cochran and the defense team to read the records.

# 1 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)

# 2 MR. COCHRAN:

YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO NEED A FEW MINUTES TO REVIEW THIS DISCOVERY WE JUST GOT ON ONE LAST SUBJECT. IF THE COURT WANTS TO DO IT NOW I CAN --

# 3 THE COURT:

BE MY GUEST.

# 4 MR. COCHRAN:

ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE ME.

# 5 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 6 MR. SHAPIRO:

YOUR HONOR, MAY I MAKE A PHONE CALL BASED ON THE NEW DISCOVERY?

# 7 THE COURT:

SORRY?

# 8 MR. SHAPIRO:

MAY I MAKE A PHONE CALL BASED ON THIS DISCOVERY?

# 9 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 10 MR. COCHRAN:

CAN WE TAKE ABOUT A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK, YOUR HONOR?

# 11 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S TAKE OUR RECESS THEN AT THIS POINT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MISS LOPEZ, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS TO ALLOW MR. COCHRAN AND THE ATTORNEYS TO READ THE RECORDS. YOU ARE ORDERED TO COME BACK AT THREE O'CLOCK. ALL RIGHT. THREE O'CLOCK.

# 12 (RECESS.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MISS LOPEZ, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS TO ALLOW MR. COCHRAN AND THE ATTORNEYS TO READ THE RECORDS.

Confirms that late-produced discovery was the reason for the break — a recurring friction point in the case.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Newly produced discovery materials on an unspecified subject

received and reviewed

Notable Exchanges (1)

Robert Shapiro•Lance A. Ito

Shapiro asked to make a phone call based on the new discovery; Ito initially didn't hear him and asked him to repeat.

procedural

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5141 • 12 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103